Community came together at South County Airport
The April 7 mobilization exercise of the South County Airport Pilot Association’s Disaster Airlift Response Team overcame heavy rain showers to expand the envelope...
Silence breeds mistrust
The circumstances of Steven Juarez’s death while in Gilroy police custody last month remain under investigation by law enforcement. The fact that the official...
CA personal tax rates rank low
One prevailing stereotype of Californians—shared by state residents as well as red-state politicians and the Trump Administration—is that we pay higher taxes than anyone...
Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers
The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one...
Make trees a priority
Trees play an important role in the health and vibrancy of a community. I grew up in a small Montreal suburb, Candiac, where trees...
Run, Hide, Defend…
Sadly, events in distant cities mean that our students and teachers have had to add another set of tools for school safety that we...
California has key role in agriculture issues
Sonny Perdue is a veterinarian, and a former governor of Georgia. He also is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He spent one day in...
GOP immigration plan hurts farmers
As the U.S. House of Representatives continues discussion on proposed immigration legislation, the California Farm Bureau Federation cannot support a part of the bill...
Editorial: ‘Blessing Box’—compassion and controversy
There is a national phenomenon called Blessing Boxes that within the last year, fueled by social media, has exploded into hundreds of cities. The...
Guest Opinion: Gilroy needs more compassion
In the 2017 Point in Time homeless census count conducted on Jan. 24 and 25, 5,448 homeless individuals—including veterans, families with children, former foster...
